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Joyce Compton
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequ…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years studying at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in a film studio as an extra. Compton first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, alongside Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray. Compton appeared in a long string of mostly B-movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was a comedy actress and protested at being stereotyped as a "dumb blonde". Among her over two hundred films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives. A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress". She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
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1960
Pete and Gladys
TV show
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1958
Girl in the Woods
Movie Aunt Martha
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1957
Jet Pilot
Movie Mary Lou Simpson
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1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV show Waitress
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1957
The Persuader
Movie Julie
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1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV show
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1953
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Movie Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
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1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV show Girl at Drivers License Bureau
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1949
Mighty Joe Young
Movie Alice (uncredited)
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1949
Grand Canyon
Movie Mabel
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1948
Incident
Movie Joan Manning
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1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
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1948
A Southern Yankee
Movie Hortense Dobson
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1947
Linda, Be Good
Movie Mrs. LaVitte
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1947
Exposed
Movie Emmy
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1947
Scared to Death
Movie Jane Cornell
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1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
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1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Movie Louise Grapa (uncredited)
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1946
Dark Alibi
Movie Emily Evans
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1946
Behind the Mask
Movie Lulu
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1945
Danger Signal
Movie Kate
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1945
Mildred Pierce
Movie Waitress (uncredited)
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1945
Christmas in Connecticut
Movie Nurse Mary Lee
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1945
Hitchhike to Happiness
Movie Joan Randall
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1945
Pillow to Post
Movie Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
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1943
Swing Out the Blues
Movie Kitty Grogan
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1943
Silver Spurs
Movie Millie Love
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1943
Let's Face It
Movie Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
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1943
Silver Skates
Movie Lucille
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1942
Thunder Birds
Movie Saleswoman
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1942
Too Many Women
Movie Barbara Cartwright
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1941
Bedtime Story
Movie Beulah
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1941
Blues in the Night
Movie Blonde
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1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Movie Cecilia
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1941
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Movie Diana Deane
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1941
Manpower
Movie Scarlett
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1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
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1941
Let's Make Music
Movie Betty
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1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie Cynthia Lou
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1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Movie Hazel Dalton
